Afghanistan-America Foundation

The Afghanistan-America Foundation (AAF) "is an independent, non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping rebuild a new Afghanistan. Working with Afghan expatriates in collaboration with the people of Afghanistan, the Foundation is directly helping reconstruction projects in Afghanistan while working in the United States to encourage support for reconstruction projects and private sector investment." 


 * "AAF was founded in 1996 by current and former members of Congress, led by Founding Chairman Don Ritter, working with Afghan-American expatriates to inform policy makers of the urgent need for action on Afghanistan by the United States, Russia and the world. The Foundation White Paper, produced in 1998, proved to be a blueprint for action following the September 11, 2001 attacks that refocused the world’s attention on Afghanistan."

According to an earlier version of their website:


 * "The Foundation is honored to have as its National Honorary Co-Chairmen two former White House National Security Advisors, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and Gen. Brent Scowcroft. Also closely advising and working with the Foundation are Dr. Zalmay Khalilzad, RAND Corp.; Dr. Tom Gouttierre, Director of the Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska, Omaha, and Vice-President of the Afghanistan - America Foundation. Dr. Frederick Starr, former President of Oberlin College and now Chairman of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at the School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University; and Dr. Barnett Rubin, Council on Foreign Relations, serve on the Foundation's White Paper Task Force. Dr. Tom Greene, a retired career Foreign Service Officer and former Deputy Special Envoy to the Afghan Resistance, currently serves as the Executive Director of the Foundation. The Foundation's staff consists of young Afghan and American scholars with expertise in human rights law, international relations, and Afghanistan politics and history."

Congressional Advisory Board
(From older retrieved version of their website)
 * Dana Rohrabacher
 * Chris Smith
 * Bill McCollum
 * Tom Lantos
 * James Moran
 * Tom Davis
 * John Porter
 * Gary Ackerman
 * Ed Royce
 * David Dreier
 * Ducan Hunter

Chairman's Advisory Board
(From older retrieved version of their website)
 * Dr. A. Quadir Amiryar, Executive Director,
 * Mohammad Anwarzai, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan
 * Dr. Mohd Aslami, Chairman/CEO, FiberCore, Inc.
 * Captain J. H. Campbell, USN Ret., and Elizabeth Campbell
 * Sonia Cole, Screenwriter/Actress, Charity event organizer
 * Noor Delwari, President, Delawar International
 * Ed Donely, Board of Directors, National Endowment for Democracy
 * Carl Gershman, President, National Endowment for Democracy
 * Dr. Tom Gouttierre, Dean, International Studies and Programs, Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska
 * Shair Hakemy, President, The Afghan Unity Foundation, Texas
 * Qayum Karazai, Council for Peace and National Unity in Afghanistan, Baltimore, Maryland
 * Dr. Zalmay M. Khalilzad, Rand Corporation, Washington, D.C.
 * Habib Mayar, Chairman, Afghan Community in America, Flushing, New York
 * Dr. Ishaq Nadiri, Jay Gould Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, New York University
 * M. Hasan Nouri, International Orphan Care
 * Zubair M. Popal, Springfield, Virginia
 * Dr. A. Saboor Rashidi, Vice President, Montgomery-Watson Engineers
 * Ali A. Seraj, Vice President, Allied Controls
 * Frydoon Shairzay, P.E., President, Innovative Solution Group
 * Dr. Frederick Starr, Chairman, Central Asia Institute, School for Advanced International Studies

Diplomatic Advisory Board
(From older retrieved version of their website)
 * His Excellency Ambassador Wahid Karim, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States
 * His Excellency Ambassador Abdullah Malikyar, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States
 * Ambassador Robert Oakley, Former Ambassador of the United States to Pakistan
 * His Excellency Ambassador Mohammed Anwarzai, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the Soviet Union
 * His Excellency Ambassador Yar Mohabbat, Former Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States

Contact
Afghanistan - America Foundation 209 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE Suite 700 Washington, DC 20003 Phone: (202) 543-1177 Fax: (202) 543-7931 Web: http://burningbush.netfirms.com/afghan/